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Bill	MED PRACT ACT-VISITING PERMIT	Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a person may obtain a visiting physician permit if that person has received an invitation or appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or clinical subject or technique in a state or national medical, osteopathic or chiropractic professional association or society conference or meeting. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2548	Illinois HB 2548 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4386f5df-48b5-4bf3-8a2f-4ed225ac97b8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2548&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45262&SessionID=76&GA=96	8368e2d95136c91ae329fd66f360001bc4c2ab89ff7952af0b01bfa690dde3c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2548 (96th) — MED PRACT ACT-VISITING PERMIT

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a person may obtain a visiting physician permit if that person has received an invitation or appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or clinical subject or technique in a state or national medical, osteopathic or chiropractic professional association or society conference or meeting. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano filing
• 2009-02-20 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-27 Sponsor Removed Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-04-23 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0398 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4386f5df-48b5-4bf3-8a2f-4ed225ac97b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).